Bulletin n. 3/2010
January 2011
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Neshkova Milena I.
    The impact of subnational interests on supranational regulation
    in Journal of European Public Policy , Volume 17 Issue 8 2010 ,  2010 ,  Pages 1193 – 1211
    The article assesses the influence of subnational interests on supranational regulation within the broader effort of the European Union (EU) to include diffuse interests in the policy process. I track 60 legislative proposals initiated by the European Commission between 1996 and 2007 and estimate the change made in response to the requests of the body representing decentralized interests - the Committee of the Regions. I find that the Commission responds favorably to requests more than a third of the time and that substate politicians are more influential on proposals dealing with regional cohesion. The data also show that the policy importance of the amendments is the main predictor of the Commission's willingness to accept the advice of subnational governments. Furthermore, the Commission, being a non-elected and technocratic body, is more likely to hear the policy preferences of local and regional stakeholders when the public expresses dissatisfaction with EU democracy.
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